Consumer Traveler Today: Feb 27

Consumer Traveler Today: Refund-less after six months: “I feel as though we have been taken advantage of”
 
 
Refund-less after six months: “I feel as though we have been taken advantage of”
Consumer Travel Alliance on use of Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) at airports
One less runway at JFK. What could possibly go wrong, wrong, wrong?
Refund-less after six months: “I feel as though we have been taken advantage of”
Posted: 26 Feb 2010 09:00 AM PST
Here’s what happened to the Richards: Shortly after booking their tickets from Denver to Oaxaca, Mexico, last spring, they got a call from Travelocity, telling them that their outbound flight to Mexico City had been canceled by Mexicana. The couple booked an alternate flight through their online agent. Or so they thought.
       

Consumer Travel Alliance on use of Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) at airports
Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:00 AM PST
The Consumer Travel Alliance feels that this effort is a step in the right direction for airport and airline security. Unlike the whole-body scanners that have not been fully tested, that admittedly cannot detect many explosives in powder form or when hidden in body cavities, and that subject Americans to the indignity of a virtual strip search, ETD provides an acceptable layer of security. It is focused on explosives, it has been tested extensively over years of use, and the method is non-invasive, protecting personal dignity.
       

One less runway at JFK. What could possibly go wrong, wrong, wrong?
Posted: 26 Feb 2010 07:00 AM PST
JFK, already plagued by delays and tough connections between terminals is closing a runway March 1st for three months, if all goes well. Some news reports say it will be four months.